Shoe-vise.



C. JAECKEL.

-sHoz VISE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 19!].

Patented Aug. 20,1918

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siren-vise;

Specification of Letters Patent.

anented Aug 20, 1918.

Application filed November 8, 191?. Serial No. 200,954.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

it known that I, CHAnL'Es JAEOKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vlarmsprings, in the county of Deerlodge and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Vise, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a vise for holding shoes while being stretched. Heretofore considerable difiiculty has been experienced in stretching shoes so as to fit feet having bunions. It has been the practice to insert in the shoe a stretcher having at the proper point a bunion, toe or corn impression so that, when the shoe is stretched, it will, to an extent, be shaped so as to rest comfortably about the foot containing the bunion or other growth or deformity. It has been a difficult matter, however, to .confine the stretching of the shoe to the point where it is most desired and the present invention has been devised to improve the stretching operation by preventing the shoe from being stretched at that side opposite the point where the bunion or other impression is located.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character which is simple in construction and easy to operate.

With the foregoing and. other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre :[Ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan View of a shoe vise embodying the present improvements, a shoe being shown by dotted lines in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 through the vise.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a box-like structure which may contain a drawer 2 for holding the movable parts of the a )paratus. Extending upwardly from one side of this structure is a flange 3 the back face of which can be reinforced by another plate a. An opening 5 is formed in the flange 3 and in line with a recess 6 which is formed in the top of the casing 1, the side walls of the recess preferably diverging away from the opening 5 as shown particularly in Fig. 1.

Slidably mounted on the top of the casing 1 is a ripping plate 7 the outer side of which is preferably curved and rovided with an upstanding flange 8. Near to the bottom of this plate 7 is a bolt 9 which lies in the recess 6 and is extended loosely through the opening 5, that portion of the bolt extending beyond the reinforcing plate 4: being engaged by a wing nut 10 or the like.

In using the device herein described the shoe to be stretched. is placed on the plate 7, that part of the shoe to be stretched being located away from the flange 3 and adjacent the flange 8. Obviously the flange 8 will engage the side of the shoe sole. By the means of the nut 10 and the bolt 9 the plate 7 can be shifted toward the flange 3, thus to clamp the shoe firmly against said flange 3 and hold the side of the shoe against slipping toward the flange 3. The shoe stretcher, which can be of any desired form and on which the bunion or other impression has been placed, is inserted into the shoe and operated in the usual manner and it will be obvious that when the shoe is stretched, the impression on the stretcher will cause the shoe to stretch solely at the point desired, the flange 3 preventin the shoe from stretching in the opposite direction. As bolt 9 is capable of swinging within the recess 6 as well as sliding therein it will be obvious that plate 7 can be readily adjusted to shoes of the different sizes and shapes.

The stretching apparatus can be placed in th drawer 2 when not in use.

What is claimed is A shoe vise including a base having an upstanding flange at one side thereof, there being a recess in the top of the base, a plate slidably mounted on the base and extending over the recess, an upstanding shoe engaging flange at the outer edge of the plate, a.

bolt extending from said plate and through In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the upstanding flange on the base, said bolt my own, I have hereto affixed my signature being" seated in and ad uStabIe angularly 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

in the recess, and means engaging the bolt CHARLES JAECKEL. 5 for adjusting the plate toward and. from Witnesses:

the upstanding flange on the base, said late E. D'. BASH,

being adjustable angularly with the be t. JOHN H. RYAN.

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Washington, D. 0 

